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Album Surf

Google 4.5 · 22 reviews

Surf shop in San Clemente, CA

About Album Surf

Album Surf in San Clemente, CA, showcases an aesthetically pleasing shop filled with beautifully crafted, alternative surfboards and offers custom shaping services. Customers frequently praise the friendly, insightful staff, particularly Matt, for excellent communication and helpful design recommendations, resulting in high-performing boards. This destination is ideal for surfers seeking unique, high-quality equipment and personalized attention when investing in a new quiver centerpiece.

The Good

Customers overwhelmingly praise the quality, performance, and aesthetic beauty of Album surfboards, frequently calling them the 'best' they have ridden and noting they generate great speed and catch waves effortlessly. Staff, particularly Matt and Chris, are frequently cited as being extremely friendly, helpful, insightful, and providing excellent communication regarding board design, recommendations, and sizing. The shop itself is described as beautiful, clean, and having a hip, welcoming vibe. Specific models like the Vesper and Twinsman receive high praise.

Things to Consider

The most significant negative feedback centers on inconsistency and poor durability of custom orders. Several customers reported that custom board paint jobs/airbrushes did not remotely resemble their reference photos, leading to major disappointment and feelings of being misled. Furthermore, there are serious complaints regarding board durability, with reports of fin boxes breaking out, chunks coming out of the nose/tail after minimal contact with sand, and unexplained bumps forming along the rails, leading one customer to call the boards 'flimsy.' One customer had an extremely negative experience with the owner regarding a custom order that was executed poorly.

Features & Amenities

What makes this surf shop stand out.

  • Friendly Staff

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